What other instances have there been of an actor taking over a popular role (or even a new role) and tanking so badly that they were ushered off the show quickly (as in, 3 months or less)? My choices would be:

Y&R: Scott Seymour as Billy

B&B: Emily Harrison as Bridget

Edited March 23, 201312 yr by y&r_fan

That Mikey gives me Cousin Jeri flashbacks.

I did enjoy Natalie undoing her hair when angered.

There's nothing of him on Youtube, I don't believe, but RH's Pat #3, Michael Finnocli, or something like that, was a hideous actor who mostly seemed like a very angry Peter Brady.

can someone become a Charity Ramer of their show, even a vet? lol cause if so, then Melissa Reeves is now that, she doesn't even make an attempt act anymore, she's clearly there for the paycheck

Charity Rahmer was painfully bad but it's so funny how she's on DAYS for maybe two weeks and people still create threads about her nine years later.

At least one of the two Jans of DAYS was also really terrible despite the relentless adoration of seemingly every soap-watching gay teen on the Internet in the last ten years, desperate to relieve a hazily-remembered '90s through a psycho chick, any psycho chick - I think it was the first Jan that sucked so hard.

Heather Lauren Olsen, I think. I never liked Jan as a character but I liked Heather Lindell, the second actress. I also agree about most of the others you listed like the Rebecca recast and Danica Stewart (she was painful on both GH and Passions).

Easily Ken Kenitzer as Kevin on OLTL! He was also on literally for about as long as Rahmer was on DAYS!! Tim Gibbs as Kevin on OLTL. Also, Bruce Michael Hall as Joey.

Edited March 24, 201312 yr by Mathewson

Her acting provided a lot of laughter, but she was not better than Martha Madison. That thing was an atrocity.

Rememebr when she started begging people to campaign for Days to rehire her? And this was BEFORE Twitter was a thing. Imagine if that existed back then

I'm kind of surprised no one mentioned Michael Tipps as Al Holden on OLTL. He wasn't on all that long, and was soon replaced by Nathaniel Marston (who I loved).

Someone didn't read the first post...

Oops. Didn't get this was for recasts, thought it was just for charity cases.

Y&R

Sarah Aldrich as Victoria Newman.Big shoes to fill and TPTB obviously realized that she all wrong and gave her little to do before she was canned.

Bond Gideon as Jill.

I thought Sarah Aldrich was actually quite good as Victoria. FAR better than Amelia Heinle.

She just looked too much like Sabryn Genet imo.

can someone become a Charity Ramer of their show, even a vet? lol cause if so, then Melissa Reeves is now that, she doesn't even make an attempt act anymore, she's clearly there for the paycheck

Wow, I disagree. She has been great in confrontations with Chloe, Daniel, and Nancy lately, and also in more vulnerable moments with Daniel, Hope, and Kristen, and as a mother to Abigail.

Drew Garrett

Drew Garrett

you LIE! He was the best Michael and its a shame they got rid of him

you LIE! He was the best Michael and its a shame they got rid of him

He was, IMO, the worst actor GH has had in the past decade. His constant screaming and "LOOKATMEMOMIMACCTING" approach was just awful. He was honestly the only actor who has made me consider dropping GH.

He was, IMO, the worst actor GH has had in the past decade. His constant screaming and "LOOKATMEMOMIMACCTING" approach was just awful. He was honestly the only actor who has made me consider dropping GH.

I find Chad Duell's dull ass worse than him. DG was loud and overhyped but CD doesn't even put any effort into the majority of his scenes and the rare times he does it's laughable as hell.

Re Babe: I don't understand why they did that! They couldn't finish the scene first?

I prefer them to just recast right away then wait months. I don't like the waiting months to bring so and so character back. Except when they recast Michael with Chad Duell and gave him the meaty reveal scenes that he totally bombed. They should've waited to recast when the story ended.

He was, IMO, the worst actor GH has had in the past decade. His constant screaming and "LOOKATMEMOMIMACCTING" approach was just awful. He was honestly the only actor who has made me consider dropping GH.

You....are.....wrong

Re Babe: I don't understand why they did that! They couldn't finish the scene first?

It was meant to be a joke! It had nothing to do with not being able to finish the scene. I got a laugh out of it and still think it was an interesting way to go about things

Wilder was gay porn Jack. That's what he looked so much like and he seemed to only have chemistry with men.

So true. I never thought of that before, now I see that shower scene in a whole new light. I wonder what was happening at Days in the 90's that competent/good actors were being replaced by model looking but atrocious wooden actors. Patrick Muldoon replaced by Austin Peck, Melissa Reeves replaced by Stephanie Cameron, Lisa Rinna by Krista Allen and Mark Valley by Jack Wilder.

I would say only Deborah Adair got replaced by someone just as good or better in Lauren Koslow (though I always liked Deborah as Kate as well)

Kelly Sullivan.